DSC Women’s Basketball Moves Up to No. 13

ST. GEORGE – The Dixie State College women’s basketball team moved up seven spots to No. 13 in the Week 9 version of the USA TODAY ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll.

Despite being idle last week, the Red Storm catapulted to #13 in this weeks poll. Dixie State has resume building wins over #12 Grand Canyon and then #5 (#20 now) Seattle Pacific. This marks the highest Dixie State has ever been ranked in school history.

Dixie State (12-1, 2-0 PacWest) picked up a 76-50 win over Academy of Art last night on their three game road swing to the San Francisco Bay Area. They have two more games, at Dominican on Thursday evening and Notre Dame de Namur on Saturday afternoon.

Dropped Out: West Liberty University (W.Va.); California State University – Chico.

Others receiving votes: University of West Alabama 42; California State University – Monterey Bay 39; West Liberty University (W.Va.) 39; Gannon University (Pa.) 36; Franklin Pierce University (N.H.) 28; Harding University (Ark.) 24; Florida Southern College 23; West Texas A&M University 23; California University of Pennsylvania 22; Northwest Missouri State University 19; Indiana University of Pennsylvania 18; University of California – San Diego 18; University of Indianapolis (Ind.) 18; Edinboro University (Pa.) 17; Johnson C Smith University (N.C.) 16; Elizabeth City State University (N.C.) 14; University of Wisconsin – Parkside 14; Augustana College (S.D.) 13; Colorado Christian University 13; American International College (Mass.) 11; Pace University (N.Y.) 10; California State University – Chico 9; Fort Valley State University (Ga.) 8; Drury University (Mo.) 7; Northern Kentucky University 6; West Chester University of Pennsylvania 6; Concordia University (Minn.) 4; Francis Marion University (S.C). 3; Southeastern Oklahoma State University 3; Minnesota State University – Moorhead 2; Bowie State University (Md.) 1; Missouri S & T 1; Tusculum College (Tenn.) 1.

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